Mystery of the Jews

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  • #805080
    NickHassan
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    Hi 94,

    So Abraham was not a Christian but a faithful servant of God.

    KW is just muddying the water.

    #805082
    kerwin
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    Nick,

    Abraham is a Christian as is show by Jesus’ words ” Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”

    #805083
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    No.

    Good try

    #805090
    kerwin
    Participant

    Nick,

    It is obvious that Abraham is a Christian because according to Scripture he believed in Christ. It is so obvious that I question even discussing it since you claim to be blind. God has not given me the power to heal blindness not even to teach as I am still a student myself.

    #805092
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    Abraham Isaac and Jacob are chosen of God and sealed with the eternal Spirit.

    They will be at the wedding feast but it is your flight of fancy that calls them christians

    #805100
    kerwin
    Participant

    Nick,

    What do you believe a Christian is and why do you believe Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob do not apply.

    #805101
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    Where does the bible define Christianity and where does it say those who came before Christ are Christian?

    #805102
    942767
    Participant

    Hi Nick and KW:

    I don’t believe that you can call Abraham a Christian inasmuch as the term for the disciples was first used here:

    25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

    26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

    #805105
    kerwin
    Participant

    94277,

    I am not using Christian to mean a literal student-adherent of Christ though since Abraham was a student-adherent of the words spoken by the Spirit of Christ he may also be considered a student-adherent of Christ.

    I was using it in the since of claiming Abraham has the same religion as the disciples of Christ since he worships the same God and he believes in Christ.

    #805107
    kerwin
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    Nick,

    Christian is a label placed on the early student-adherents of Christ.

    It is now considered a religion. As religion is an English word that in this case means “an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods” (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, accessed 21 Nov. 2015)

    #805108
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    Yes know you add your own ideas in with what is written.

    #805109
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    Philo seemed to take the same approach.

    #805111
    kerwin
    Participant

    Nick,

    I seek to understand what is written because God warns us away from willful lack of knowledge.

    Philo voiced the his version of the ideas of the true religion. Out of his mouth come sweet water and foul water as is common with humanity (James 3:10) Those that listen to the Spirit can tell the sweet from the foul and neither keep them both nor throw them both out.

    Abraham worship the same God as Jesus’ disciples and have one faith but he lived before the covenant of Moses and they entered the covenant of Christ. There are many covenants but only one religion. Put away those foul things that you have been taught.

    #805113
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    John was greater than all the prophets but all in the kingdom are greater than he.

    They are covered with the robe of righteousness of the Son.

    #805115
    942767
    Participant

    Hi KW:

    94277,

    I am not using Christian to mean a literal student-adherent of Christ though since Abraham was a student-adherent of the words spoken by the Spirit of Christ he may also be considered a student-adherent of Christ.

    I was using it in the since of claiming Abraham has the same religion as the disciples of Christ since he worships the same God and he believes in Christ.

    (The scriptures state that “Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness”)  I don’t believe that he can be called a student-adherent of Christ.

    Love in Christ,
    Marty

    #805117
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    We should not put aside what is written for your additions and subtractions should we?.

    #805125
    kerwin
    Participant

    Marty,

    Abraham believed the words of the Spirit of Christ just as the disciples believed the words of the Spirit as Jesus spoke as he was carried along by it. The Spirit taught different things to Abraham than it did to the literal disciples of Jesus Christ but it is the same teacher.

    #805127
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    Jesus Christ is greater than Abraham.

    The seed of Abraham wanted to kill the Son of God. jn8 37.

    Becoming a Jew offers no advantage to anyone who has heard the gospel of Jesus Christ

    #805128
    kerwin
    Participant

    Nick,

    The way to enter the kingdom of heaven was not preached until after John’s preaching. John preached that the Christ was coming just as foretold to both Abraham and Adam before him. Those two believe the words of the Spirit of Christ but they looked forward to his coming. John did not need to look forward as the Christ came before he died and yet he was invited to enter the kingdom of heaven. Unlike Jesus Christ, the new covenant would not be in effect until after John’s death.

    John’s religion is still Jesus religion as he taught was appropriate Jesus taught what was appropriate to his but it was the Spirit of Christ that spoke through both of them.

    #805129
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi KW,

    Religion?

    Joining the body of Christ is not joining a religion.

    True religion is defined in James.

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